"Samuel Tanner, one of Washington's incoming track recruits, made history on Saturday in his native New Zealand as he broke the National Record in the mile run, becoming the first New Zealander to go under four minutes with a time of 3:58.41.

Umm Peter Snell 1962, 3:54, ummmmmmm John Walker 3:49 in 1975. Some real bright sparks at UW, they really know their track history.

"Samuel Tanner, one of Washington's incoming track recruits, made history on Saturday in his native New Zealand as he broke the National Record in the mile run, becoming the first New Zealander to go under four minutes with a time of 3:58.41.

Umm Peter Snell 1962, 3:54, ummmmmmm John Walker 3:49 in 1975. Some real bright sparks at UW, they really know their track history.

Sam Tanner ran 3:58 for the mile last night in Wanganui. College coaches get this kid a scholarship.

He’s still only a senior in High School

We don't need more foreigners taking spots from US talent. Murika!

It’s okay. He’s white.

Hi exrunner/Blacko/Bernard.

Seriously though, is anyone here brave enough to predict that a single Kenyan will make it into the 2024 1500m Olympic final?

With all these talented juniors we've seen lately I was thinking it was only a matter of time before a Kiwi appeared (hadn't read about this guy before).

I predicted this a couple of years ago. Just think of all the young kids around the world watching Jakob and now this crop, who will get seriously into athletics, whereas previously they wouldn't give it a thought because they had it rammed down their throats by racist imbeciles that only East Africans can run.